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Legal Definition of consortium

1: an agreement, combination, or group (as of companies) formed to undertake an enterprise beyond the resources of any one member

2
[ Medieval Latin, marital partnership, from Latin ]: the right of one spouse to the company, affection, and assistance of and to sexual relations with the otheralso: the right of a parent or child to the company, affection, and assistance of the other suing for loss of consortium — compare society